Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum
The transformation of a traditional discipline-based medical curriculum into a system-based integrated curriculum often poses dilemmas to faculty involved in teaching basic medical sciences. This paper examines the challenges of teaching physiology to medical students in a system-based curriculum. S...
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Canadian Medical Education Journal
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| description | The transformation of a traditional discipline-based medical curriculum into a system-based integrated curriculum often poses dilemmas to faculty involved in teaching basic medical sciences. This paper examines the challenges of teaching physiology to medical students in a system-based curriculum. Some of these challenges include: defining the core curriculum, curriculum links, sequencing curriculum content, interdisciplinary integration, and student assessment. A number of relevant issues including defining the core physiology content, faculty expertise, and coping and adapting to curriculum transitions are discussed from a personal perspective. For successful implementation of a system-based curriculum and to overcome the challenges, educational issues should be debated in regional and international forums. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4af441c3f2704c74929ee400de73b8172022-12-21T20:12:56ZengCanadian Medical Education JournalCanadian Medical Education Journal1923-12022012-04-013123720Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based CurriculumZuheir Hasan0Reginald SequeiraArabian Gulf UniversityThe transformation of a traditional discipline-based medical curriculum into a system-based integrated curriculum often poses dilemmas to faculty involved in teaching basic medical sciences. This paper examines the challenges of teaching physiology to medical students in a system-based curriculum. Some of these challenges include: defining the core curriculum, curriculum links, sequencing curriculum content, interdisciplinary integration, and student assessment. A number of relevant issues including defining the core physiology content, faculty expertise, and coping and adapting to curriculum transitions are discussed from a personal perspective. For successful implementation of a system-based curriculum and to overcome the challenges, educational issues should be debated in regional and international forums.https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/36574Key wordsintegrated system based curriculumtraditional curriculumphysiologyteachinglearning |
| spellingShingle | Zuheir Hasan Reginald Sequeira Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum Canadian Medical Education Journal Key words integrated system based curriculum traditional curriculum physiology teaching learning |
| title | Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum |
| title_full | Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum |
| title_fullStr | Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum |
| title_short | Challenges of Teaching Physiology Following the Transition From Traditional Curriculum To An Integrated System-Based Curriculum |
| title_sort | challenges of teaching physiology following the transition from traditional curriculum to an integrated system based curriculum |
| topic | Key words integrated system based curriculum traditional curriculum physiology teaching learning |
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